The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) is pleased to invite you to “Pop Up Pop Start” an informational exhibition that investigates innovative business and kitchen incubators, social spaces, think tanks, artist spaces and storefronts for entrepreneurial or creative experimentation. The event will take place on Tuesday, November 5th from 5:30 to 7 PM at […]
“Be a Part of Camp” investigated the idea of holons: something that is simultaneously a part and a whole. Campers considered hierarchy, structure and systems like biology, society and culture. Participants gained experience in drawing, painting, photography, music, performance, creative writing and critical thinking. Working with Nathan Purath and Shana Berger, students made David Hockney inspired […]
The Coleman Center for the Arts’ (CCA) recently premiered “Flowers for Hope,” a public project by the students of Art Club, starting on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in the CCA gallery. This spring, Art Club students explored the relationship between art, social activism and their community. In weekly lessons students learned about contemporary artists working […]
The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce the Sumter County Fine Arts Council (SCFAC) Annual Juried Show. The show will open this Friday, March 15th at 6 PM and will be on display until April 18th. The show features the work of Sumter County artists and includes painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, […]
The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) is pleased to present “To My Dearest and Beloved Family,” a new public work and exhibition by CCA artist Owen Mundy. Mundy’s work uses military portraiture and war imagery as a way to examine representations of personal and cultural identity in photography and film. His new project features […]
September 14, 2012 The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) is pleased to present new works by Birmingham artist Darius Hill. His work will be on display from September 14 to November 16, 2012. An opening reception and party will take place on Thursday, September 20th from 6 to 8 pm. The event is free […]
June 9, 2012 The multimedia activities of the CCA’s 2012 one-week summer camp encouraged students to explore different meanings of the word “movement.” How do we move through the world? What does movement look like? What songs make us move, and what songs move us—to laughter, tears, contemplation? How do ideas move and inspire? The […]
The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) and the students of Art Club invite you to the Lunch Box Uncut, a one day only pop-up cafeteria in the CCA gallery! Join us on Tuesday, May 1 at 6 pm to enjoy great food and find out what our students have been up to this spring. […]
March 9, 2012 The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to anounce the Sumter County Fine Arts Council Annual Juried Art Show. The show features diverse work by visual artists from Sumter County. The reception was held March 9th at 6 PM. 1st place was awarded to David Gosselin for The Chain, 2nd place to […]
December 8, 2011 During the fall of 2011, students in the Coleman Center for the Arts’ (CCA’s) Art Club learned techniques of stop-motion animation. Stop-motion is a form of animation that is most successful with objects—paper cut-outs, clay, puppets, found items—rather than drawings. A stop-motion animator makes a film by setting up a composition, taking […]